1394 Algoa
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 June 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1394 Algoa |
Named after |
Algoa Bay (in South Africa)[2] |
|
1936 LK · 1929 TT 1933 UY1 | |
| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.00 yr (28,856 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6248 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2541 AU |
| 2.4394 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0759 |
| 3.81 yr (1,392 days) | |
| 248.04° | |
| Inclination | 2.6738° |
| 178.82° | |
| 113.74° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.22 km (calculated)[3] |
| 2.768 h[4][5] | |
| 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 11.6[1] | |
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1394 Algoa, provisional designation 1936 LK, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 June 1936, by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[6]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,392 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.08 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 2.768 hours[4][5] and an assumed albedo of 0.20.[3]
The minor planet is named after the historical Algoa Bay, about 700 kilometers east of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1394 Algoa (1936 LK)" (2015-06-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1394) Algoa. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1394) Algoa". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Klinglesmith, Daniel A., III; Risley, Ethan; Turk, Janek; Vargas, Angelica; Warren, Curtis (January 2013). "Lightcurves for 1394 Algoa, 3078 Horrocks, 4724 Brocken, and 6329 Hikonejyo from Etscorn Campus Observatory". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 40 (1): 16–17. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...16K. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Hills, Kevin (October 2012). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Riverland Dingo Observatory: 1394 Algoa, 1660 Wood, 8882 Sakaetamura, and (15269) 1990 XF". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 39 (4): 239–240. Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..239H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "1394 Algoa (1936 LK)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1394 Algoa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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